Perhaps you have answered your own question :). I don't know what the best solution is, just that it's wrong at the moment. <h1> should never be empty! (even if later styled by CSS).
That said, I'm looking at the vanilla Firefox about:startpage at the moment. (Not deliberately; I just seem not to be using ubufox). The source code doesn't include any <style> elements or attributes, and the images stay visible after View->Page Style->None. It uses <img> tags. If you look at the javascript (chrome://browser/content/aboutHome.js), you'll see how they populate the img src & alt attributes. It looks reasonable enough to me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/802922 Title: about:startpage: Missing alt text on "Google" image Status in Ubuntu Start Page: Incomplete Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Noticed while using a screen-reader - using "1" to skip to the level 1 header - it reads "link heading level 1", and nothing else. It's image that says Google, it's used as the level 1 heading, and it acts as a link to google.com. It should probably have an alt text of "Google" :-). That would also fix the appearance when "load images automatically" is disabled (preferences -> content). A bit like the screen-reader, it leaves you with less information that you should have - and also the image is still there, as a link, so you get a mysterious patch of white space that turns out to be a link if you move the cursor over it. I think there are other possible improvements as well. There would ideally be a label associated with the search text box, which the screen reader would read to provide some context. You probably don't want just "Google"; you want to say "Google search". (ARIA hint: aria-labelled-by="id-of-google-image id-of-search-button" sounds cool). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: firefox 5.0+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Jun 28 11:40:57 2011 FirefoxPackages: firefox 5.0+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.2 flashplugin-installer N/A adobe-flashplugin N/A icedtea-plugin N/A ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-06-19 (8 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-start-page/+bug/802922/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp